476 LEGUMiNOSJE. Astragolus (LXXV. Proselius). 



Hab.incalcareismontisPir OmarGudrun Assyriae alt. 3000'-4000" (Haussk!) 

 Folia 6 pollices, foliola 6-9 lineas longa, racemi fructiferi 4-5-pollicares, le- 

 gumen 6-7 lineas longum basi vix 2 latum. 



698. A. curvirostris (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I. 6. p. 38) adpressis- 

 sime sericeo-canus , stipulis breviter ovatis , foliolis 5-8-jugis ovatis 

 obtusis, pedunculis folio 2-3-plo longioribus in racemos etiam sub 

 anthesi laxos 10-12-floros abeuntibus, bracteis triangularibus minutis, 

 calycis adpresse albo et nigro-hirti dentibus triangularibus brevis- 

 simis, vexilli calyce duplo longioris lamina oblong^ in appendicem 

 sublinearem retusam angustata, alis egibbosis, leguminibus erectis 

 adpresse strigulosisrugulosis ovatisbasi subangustatis dorso subsul- 

 catis ventre vix carinato in mucronem tenuem brevem aduncum 

 abeunti :^. 



Hab. inter segetes Persia australis in collibus ad Schiras et prope Persepolin 

 (Ky. 358Iet2G5!). 



Affinis A. bvachycarpo et robusto differt racemis florum laxis, foliolis 3-4 

 lineas tantumlongis,fructuabbreviato(4-51ineaslongo31ato)mucrone adunco 

 terminato. Specimen ab amiciss. Bge. ex Persia bor. ad A. robustum spectare 

 mihi videtur. 



690. A. dictyocarpus (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I. 2, p. 84) adpresse 

 canu^ e rhizomate crasso dense cespitosus. stipulis breviter lanceolutis 

 oanis, foliis brevibus foliolis minutis 4-5-jugis ovatis obtusis, scapis 

 ascendentibusgracilibusfoliosublongioribus.racemisbrevibuspauciflo- 

 ris tandem laxiusculis, bracleisoblongis pedicellumaequanlibus, calycis 

 albo nigroque adpresse hirti dentibus triangularibus brevissimis, co- 

 rolla flavido-rubella calyce plus duplo longiore. vexilli laminS ovato- 

 oblonga superne in appendicem brevem angustata, leguminibus erecto- 

 patulis parcesetulosisreticulato-nervosiscompressis ovato veloblongo- 

 rhombeis brevissime et vaide oblique mucronulatis utraque sutura 

 carinatis. 



Hab. in regione alpina Libani in monte Sannin (Ehrenb !), prope cedros (Auch. 

 1382! Boiss! Bl!), Antilibani (Pest! Ky.354!). 



Folial-2 pollice.s, folia 1 V2-21ineas longa, flores 7 lineas, legumen 8-9 lineas 

 longum 4-5 latum ; species leguminis forma distinctissima. 



-|- H- -|- Species legumine ignoto. 



700. A. oxysemius (Bge. Astr. p. 202) praeter foliorum pagi- 

 nam superiorem subglabram parce et adpresse hirtus viridis, stipulis 

 lanceoiatis acutis uninerviis, foliolis 5-lO-jugis ob^ongis acutiusculis, 

 scapis ascendentibus folio sublongioribus, recemis paucifloris subca- 

 pitatis, bracteis linearibus tubum dimidium subfequantibus. calycis 

 -adpresse albo et prffisertim nigro-hirti dcntibus lineari-subulatis tubo 

 f<ub?equilongis, vexilli calyce subduplo longioris lamina a basi oblonga 

 inappendiccmlanceolatamacutiusculamcontracta.alisbidentatiSjOvario 

 22-26-ovulato, legumine. . . . ^. 



